Fertile Crescent Jeopardy! Assyria & Phoenicia Mesopotamia & Sumer Babylonia Israelites Vocabulary 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Which two rivers was Mesopotamia located between? Tigris & Euphrates

What was at the center of every Sumerian city-state What was at the center of every Sumerian city-state? (Hint: it was where they worshipped gods) Ziggurat

Why did civilizations develop easily in the Fertile Crescent? Rich soil good for farming - Nearby water source Good climate

What are the stories that Sumerians used to explain their beliefs called? Myths

Who were the only people in Sumer who could keep written records? Scribes

What was the first code of laws to be written down? Hammurabi’s Code

Who built a beautiful palace and gardens in Babylon? Nebuchadnezzar

What were Babylonian marketplaces called What were Babylonian marketplaces called? (Hint: you could buy cotton cloth from India and spices from Egypt) Bazaars

What did Babylon become due to its location between cities to the north and south? Crossroads of trade

How did Babylon become rich? - Trade with other cities - Conquests of other cities

Phoenicia developed the first ______________ which assigned a symbol to every sound. Alphabet

How did Phoenicians spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean? Trade

What did the Phoenicians trade that made them wealthy? Wood & Purple Dye

What made the Assyrians great warriors? They were constantly defending themselves against invaders.

Name 3 things that the Assyrians had in common with the Babylonians. Polytheism Large empires Valued science and learning

The Israelites and the Babylonians both lived according to ______________. Sets of laws

The Israelites believed in only one God. This is called __________. Monotheism

The kingdom of ________ was composed of 12 united Israelite tribes.

When the Israelites were conquered by the Assyrians and the Chaldeans they faced __________ which means they were forced to live in another country. Exile

What made the Israelites unique in the ancient world? Monotheistic beliefs

A ________ (or time with too little food) forced the Israelites to move to Egypt where they were later enslaved. Famine

What was the first written language? Cuneiform

Which city was home to a vast library with many clay tablets? Nineveh

What is the most sacred text of Judaism? Torah

Who was the founder of Judaism and made a covenant with God? Abraham